DETROIT – A Detroit EMT was attacked Tuesday night by the relative of a woman in need of medical attention.
Tyler Ensign was in the back of the ambulance with the patient when out of nowhere the back window was smashed to pieces.
"I'm in the back and I just heard a loud bang, and the next thing you know I was on the floor and bleeding," he said.
The relative used a firefighter's radio as a weapon to stop the EMTs from taking the woman to a different hospital.
"I still can't believe it. From the distance, into a moving truck, I mean, the Lions could use him. I couldn't believe it when I found out what it was and what happened," said Ensign.
Ensign said he called dispatch immediately when they arrived. Dispatch sent out the first call to Detroit police at 7:22 p.m.
At that time it was a priority three run for EMTs requesting assistance. Ensign called dispatch two more times before hitting the emergency button.
At 7:28 p.m. dispatch sent out a priority one call and police arrived 6 and 1/2 minutes later.
"Our dispatch center has a lot of new employees. I think we have some training issues there, and we have some software issues. All of which the department is actively working on," said Joe Barney, spokesman for the Police Officer Association.
Ensign said he has no plans to quit working as an EMT in Detroit.
"It's hard to believe, it's one of those situation where you tell people and they're like, 'Are you sure that's what happened?'" he said.
No arrests have been made.
